Caravan kingdoms
Subtitle: Yemen and the ancient incense trade
By: Edited by Ann C. Gunter.
Contributors: Gunter, Ann Clyburn, 1951-; Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
Publisher: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng; ara
Number of pages: 181
Subjects: Incense industry -- Yemen -- History -- Exhibitions; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Yemen -- Exhibitions; Yemen -- Antiquities -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.      ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Director's foreword and acknowledgments; title: Minister's foreword and Arabic translation; title: Sponsor's foreword and Arabic translation; title: Chronology; title: History, chronology, and archaeology; title: The dawn of history in Yemen's interior / Alessandro de Maigret; title: New research at the Sabaean city and oasis of Sirwah / Iris Gerlach; title: An early Himyarite mountain settlement on Jabal al-Awd / Holger Hitgen; title: Religion and funerary practices / Alexander Sima; title: The Awwam temple (Mahram Bilqis) / Merilyn Phillips Hodgson; title: Recent epigraphic discoveries at the Awwam temple / Mohammed Maraqten; title: Conservation of the Almaqah temple of Baran / Burkhard Vogt; title: Death and funerary practices / Burkhard Vogt; title: The cemetery of the Awwam temple / Iris Gerlach; title: Images: gods, humans, and animals / Sabina Antonini; title: Trade and technology; title: Trade, incense, and perfume / Nigel Groom; title: The beginnings of irrigation / Ueli Brunner; title: New research on the great dam at Marib / Burkhard Vogt; title: Bibliography of works cited; title: Credits; title: Index.